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Submitted by: scheller

The Loser
Switchfoot
Album: Learning to Breathe
C 2002 re:think Music

Transcribed by scheller   sonnyschell@hotmail.com

This is an update for my previous tab. There were a few chords wrong and 
I've gone back and done it note-by-note.  Powertab available here:
http://www.christianguitar.org/forums/showthread.php?t=64253


 Intro
  E                  B5        C#5              A5
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----9b10r(9)-------------|
|-----13b14r(13)-------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-11-------------11\-9-9-x-x-|-11-----------11\-7-7-x-x-|
|--0--------------0--7-7-x-x-|--9------------9\-5-5-x-x-|


  E                   B5/F#     C#5             A5
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----910r(9)---------------|
|------13b14r(13)-------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------4-4-x-x-|---------------------------|
|-/11-------------11\-2-2-x-x-|-11----------11\-7-7-x--x--|
|---0--------------0--2-2-x-x-|--9-----------9\-5-5-x--x--|
|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------7/----|
|-----------------------------|---------------------5/----|


  Gtrs I, II
  E                  B5        C#5              A5
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----9b10r(9)-------------|
|-----13b14r(13)-------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-11-------------11\-9-9-x-x-|-11-----------11\-7-7-x-x-|
|--0--------------0--7-7-x-x-|--9------------9\-5-5-x-x-|


  E                   B5        G#5
|-----------------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------||
|------13b14r(13)-------------|-------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------||
|-/11-------------11\-9-9-x-x-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-x-x-||
|---0--------------0--7-7-x-x-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-x-x-||


 Verses
  $
  C#m     B       E     F#m      A       B           G#      (A)
|---------------|--------------|-------------------|-------x--------|
|-----5-x---7-x-|---9-x----2-x-|-----5-x-------7-x-|-----4-x--------|
|-----6-x---8-x-|---9-x----2-x-|-----6-x-------8-x-|-----5-x--------|
|-----6-x---9-x-|---9-x----4-x-|-----7-x-------9-x-|-----6-x--------|
|-4-4-----------|-7--------4---|-------------------|----------0-2-3-|
|---------7-----|-------2------|-5-5-----7-7-7-----|-4-4------------|


  C#m      B        E      F#m     A        B              G#       A
|----------------|---------------|---------------------|-------x---------|
|-----5-x----7-x-|----9-x----2-x-|-----5-x---------7-x-|-----4-x-----5-x-|
|-----6-x----8-x-|----9-x----2-x-|-----6-x---------8-x-|-----5-x-----6-x-|
|-----6-x----9-x-|----9-x----4-x-|-----7-x---------9-x-|-----6-x-----7-x-|
|-4-4------------|--7--------4---|---------------------|-----------------|
|----------7-----|---------2-----|-5-5-----7-(0)-7-----|-4-4-----5-5-----|


 Pre-Chorus
  B5      A5        B5      A5
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-|
|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|


 Chorus
  E                   B5        C#5              A5
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----9b10r(9)-------------|
|------13b14r(13)-------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-/11-------------11\-9-9-x-x-|-11-----------11\-7-7-x-x-|
|---0--------------0--7-7-x-x-|--9------------9\-5-5-x-x-|


  E                   B5        C#5             B5  Bb5
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----9b10r(9)-----------|
|------13b14r(13)-------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-/11-------------11\-9-9-x-x-|-11-----------11\-9-9-8-|
|---0--------------0--7-7-x-x-|--9------------9\-7-7-6-|


                                                   ***    
  A5      B5        A5      B5        A5      B5
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-11-------3-3-||
|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|--0-----------||


Go back and play the Verse, Prechorus, and Chorus and when you see
the ***, jump to the Breakdown


 Breakdown
  E5                A5
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|--------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7--7------7--7--7--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-5--5------5--5--5--|
|
| Gtr II                         == means hold bend
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|----------8------8--8--8--|
|-----------------|---------10b12==10-10-10r-|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----9-------9---|-----9--------------9-----|
|---9---9-9-9---9-|-7-7---7--7------7-----7--|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|


  E5                     A5
|----------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9--9--9---9--9-|-----------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7--7--7---7--7-|-7--7--7-7--7------7--7--7---|
|-0-0-0-0--0--0---0--0-|-5--5--5-5--5------5--5--5---|
|
|         sim fdbk
|---------12-----------|---(12)\---------------------|
|-8--------------------|-----------12-----12-12-12---|
|-9--------------------|-----------14b16==14-14-14r--|
|----------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------|
|
|----------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----9-----------9----|--------9-------------9------|
|-9-9---9--9--9------9-|-7--7-----7--7-----7-----7---|
|----------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------|


  E5
|------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------|-----------------------||
|-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-|---9--9-9-9---9--9-9-9-||
|-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-|---7--7-7-7---7--7-7-7-||
|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|---0--0-0-0---0--0-0-0-||
|
|         fdbk
|---------12-------|-----------------------||
|-8----------------|-----------------------||
|-9----------------|-----------------------||
|------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------|-----------------------||
|
|------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------|-----------------------||
|-----9--------9---|--------9----------9---||
|-9-9---9--9-9---9-|---9--9---9---9--9---9-||
|------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------|-----------------------||


 Bridge
                                        4x
||------------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-------------------||
||--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---||
||o-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-------------------||

                                      pick slide
|---------|---------|---------|------------||
|---------|---------|---------|------------||
|---------|---------|---------|------------||
|---------|---------|---------|-------x\---||
|---------|---------|---------|-------x\---||
|---------|---------|---------|-------x\---||


 Pre-Chorus 3
  B5      A5        B5      A G# A G# 
|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|------------------||
|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-7-6--7-6-||
|-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-5-4--5-4-||


 Out-Chorus
  E                C#5            B5
|----------------|--------------------------|
|----------------|-------9b10r(9)-----------|
|----------------|--------------------------|
|----------------|--------------------------|
|-11-11-11\------|-11-11----------9-9-9-9---|
|--0--0--0-------|--9--9----------7-7-7-7-0-|


  E                 B5       C#5            B5
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------9b10r(9)---------|
|--------13b14r(13)--------|------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------|
|-/11-11------------9-9-9--|-11-11----------9-9-9---|
|---0--0------------7-7-7--|--9--9----------7-7-7---|


  A5      B5        A5      B5        A5      B5        C#5   G#5
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-|-11----6-6-6-6--|
|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-|--9----4-4-4-4--|


  A5    B5      C#5        G5
|-------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------|---------------------------------|
|-7--7--9--9--|-----------<5>---<5>---<5>---<5>-|
|-7--7--9--9--|-11--11\-5-----5-----5-----5-----|
|-5--5--7--7--|--9---9\-3-----3-----3-----3-----|
                          < > are natural harmonics

       A5      B5
|------------|-----------*|
|------------|-----------*|
|------------|-----------*|
|------7--7--|-9-9-------*|
|-5----7--7--|-9-9-------*|
|-3----5--5--|-7-7-------*|


Generated using Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen - http://power-tab.net

Comments about this tab

Ibanez_online - 2005-09-16

this is a good tab but i think
the intro goes like this

|--------------------------------------- ----------
|--------------------------------------- ----------
|--------------------------------------- ----------
|---------------------------------------X2 ----------
|-11-11h12p11---99-9--11-11h12p11--77-7- -66666666-
|-0--0--0--0----77-7--9--9---------55-5- -44444444-
the secon time end of with this over here


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